Henri Parens (2013) War Is Not Inevitable, Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, 25:2, 187-194.
Main
arguments: Human civilization is at its best with universal education,
affordable communication, and international travel as human connectors.
War prevention is possible through support and fostering of human
rights, securing of governments and institutions against abuses and
exploitations by others, internationalization of children's education,
compulsory parenting education, and countering extremism of all kinds.
Brooks, Allan Laurence. "Must war be inevitable? A general semantics essay." ETC.: A Review of General Semantics 63.1 (2006): 86+. Academic OneFile. Web. 26 Dec. 2013.
Main
arguments: Warns against two-valued positions: we are not either
aggressive or non-aggressive. Points to the predominant mode of human
cooperation throughout history. Arguments in line with many social and
behavioral scientists who state that we have the potential to be
aggressive and fight wars, but we also have the potential to be
non-aggressive and peaceful.
Zur, Ofer. (1989). War Myths: Exploration of the Dominant Collective Beliefs about Warfare. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 29(3), 297-327. doi: 10.1177/0022167889293002.
Main
arguments: Author critically examines three myths about war: (1) war is
part of human nature; (2) decent people are peaceful and seek to avoid
war; (3) war is a male institution. Good point made: Disqualifying myths
scientifically does not reduce their importance to the people and
cultures subscribing to them. "Exposing the erroneous nature of these
beliefs can be the first step out of the vicious cycle of destructive,
unconscious self-fulfilling prophecies".
Zur, Ofer. (1987). The Psychohistory of Warfare: The Co-Evolution of Culture, Psyche and Enemy. Journal of Peace Research, 24(2), 125-134. doi: 10.1177/002234338702400203.
Main
arguments: Humans have had the technical and physical ability to create
and use weapons against each other for the last 200,000 years, but only
created and used weapons against each other in the last 13,000 years.
Wars have been waged only one percent of human evolutionary time.
The Seville Statement on Violence: PDF.
World's
leading behavior scientists refute the notion that organized human
violence [e.g. war] is biologically determined. The statement was
adopted by the UNESCO.
War Can Be Ended: Part I of "War No More: The Case for Abolition" by David Swanson
Wars Are Not Unavoidable: Chapter 4 of "War Is A Lie" by David Swanson
On Ending War by E. Douglas Kihn
Books:
Beyond War: The Human Potential for Peace by Doug Fry
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dave Grossman
Peaceful Revolution by Paul K. Chappell
The End of War by John Horgan
When the World Outlawed War by David Swanson
War No More: The Case for Abolition by David Swanson
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